At a Glance
Rhode Island: Media
state, United States
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These soldiers fought for their nation's freedom—and their own.
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The Rhode Island red chicken is the state bird of Rhode Island.
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The state flower of Rhode Island is the violet.
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Harbor off Narragansett Bay at Warwick, Rhode Island.
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State House, Providence, Rhode Island.
Courtesy of the Rhode Island Division of Tourism, Providence
Robinson Hall, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
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Jazz tenor saxophonist Stan Getz performing at the Newport Jazz Festival, July 1965.
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Battle of English settlers and Native Americans during King Philip's War, Rhode Island,...
From The History of Our Country From the Discovery of America to the Present Time by Edward S. Ellis, ca. 1900.
Plan of the town and harbour at Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1774.
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Siege during the Battle of Rhode Island, August 1778.
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Map of Providence c. 1900 from the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
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